The Ritual

Shantel Tessier

Book 1 of The Lords

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Set at the elite and secretive Barrington University, this dark New Adult romance follows Blakely Anderson as she is drawn into the orbit of Ryat Alexander Archer, a powerful member of a ruthless underground society called the Lords. When Ryat names her his 'chosen one,' Blakely is pulled into a world of ritual, obsession, and control that blurs the line between devotion and danger. As secrets and violence escalate around the society's traditions, what begins as a game becomes a fight to survive with her heart and life intact. It's a twisted, high-intensity slow descent into possessive love and campus-set corruption.